General Aptitude
GATE General Aptitude PYQs covering verbal, quantitative and analytical reasoning
This section covers general aptitude. Theory content will be available soon.
Representative solved questions
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Question 1
Choose the most appropriate alternative from the options given below to complete the following sentence:
If the tired soldier wanted to lie down, he ___ the mattress out on the balcony.
should take
shall take
should have taken
will have taken
Answer: A. should take
ExplanationThe sentence gives advice in a hypothetical situation: if the tired soldier wants to lie down, he **should take** the mattress out. The other forms express prediction or a counterfactual past action rather than advice.
Sources and review notes
This question retains its previous-year paper provenance.
- GATE 2012 · GATE PYQ · Question 71Question paper
Review status: verified · Reviewed 2026-08-13 · structure and answer-key checks, worked-answer review, human editorial review, duplicate screening
Question 2
Round-trip tickets to a tourist destination are eligible for a discount of
on the total fare. In addition, groups of
or more get a discount of
on the total fare. If the one way single person fare is
, a group of
tourists purchasing round-trip tickets will be charged
__________
Answer: 850
ExplanationFive round trips at ₹100 each way cost
The stated discounts are
of the total fare, so the charge is